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Sunday, November 22. 2020400 hundred years agoAbout the Mayflower Compact. I suppose I had forgotten that only 23 of the 200 people on that boat were religious pilgrims, separatists. I had a separatist ancestor on that ship, but what does that mean? When you go back that far, how many hundreds of equal ancestors do you have? Ballerina with dementia hears the music, dancesFrom today's LectionaryMatthew 25:31-46 Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Saturday, November 21. 2020Coyote (1975)Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn, and Bob Dylan, with Gordon Lightfoot lurking (thanks, Gerard). She uses strange tuning.
Saturday morning links
In Somber Press Conference, Governor Newsom Announces COVID Has Killed Santa Entertainment Industry Workers Exempt From California Governor Gavin Newsom’s New Stay-At-Home Order Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog Starts New Work On BP Oil Rig My first evil thought was to train one as a Pointer Book: How to Grow Old, by Cicero The Climate Scam: What We Are Up Against Cancel student-loan debt? That’s making the working class subsidize the elite! America’s Worst Governor To Get International Emmy For … Leadership During The Pandemic The return of lockdown lunacy Fauci: I Completely Agree, Schools Should Be Our Priority In Keeping Things Open Fox News Host MacCallum And NYC Teachers Union Chief Argue Over Schools Closing During Second Coronavirus Surge In America More evidence that masks don't work Hillary Clinton is not happy with how 2020 is going Never happy Trump Announces New Measures to Lower Price of Prescription Drugs Still doing good things Williamson: ‘The Dumbest Coup’ Powerline: I believe Team Trump is doing the nation a service by litigating. Friday, November 20. 2020Friday morning linksK–12: Why John Saxon Is the Brightest Star in Math Education South Australia Police: ‘You Cannot Leave the House to Walk the Dog or to Exercise’ Top Pathologist Claims COVID-19 Is "The Greatest Hoax Ever Perpetrated On An Unsuspecting Public" Senators release new evidence tying Hunter Biden business to communist China, Russian energy Ban Trump officials from campuses?
Team Trump: Evidence Shows 'More Than Double' the Vote Margin in Swing States Is From Illegal Ballots Show me Trump’s lawyers have not yet had their day in court, but they will have to do a great deal better than this if they hope to succeed. No kidding 3 Ways States Should Ensure Election Integrity In 2020 And Beyond Thursday, November 19. 2020Life in America: New furnace (actually, boiler)
I don't know what our readers have, but we have 4 zones. It would be better to have 6, but whatever. We didn't get into that. A new high-efficiency gas furnace is not cheap. And it is tiny. 48 hours with just fireplaces was a good reminder about how people lived in the past. A reminder of how good we have it. The wonderful installers asked me whether I wanted a new programmable thermostat for my work space. Nope. The antique one is great. Just turn the dial up, down, or off. I can do that.
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Thursday morning linksMeteorologist Danielle Banks explains why one Alaska city will not see the sun until next year. George Mason U. professor finds Bible, reports it to ‘bias’ hotline Workers vs. Wokeness: Recognizing Campus Social Justice as a Luxury Good Surprise: The "Smartest" People Are Actually Painfully Stupid Study Warns That New Work-From-Home Trend is Making People More "Racist" New York Times op-ed admits 'Trump was right,' Democrats 'wrong,' about keeping schools open. "Some things are true even though President Trump says them," Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote US COVID-19 Deaths Top 250,000 As Mortality Worst Since Spring: Live Updates Photos Emerge of CA Gov. Gavin Newsom's COVID Rule-BUSTING Double-Standard Dinner If the aim is to push individuals with Down Syndrome out of the workforce, I guess it’s a great idea. Biden Backs Relief For Student Debt, Everyone Who Paid Their Debt Gets Screwed… Mitt Romney Says 20 Years In Afghanistan Isn’t Long Enough Dems Reportedly Planning To ‘Californicate’ Georgia Runoff Elections The Democrats’ Guide to Losing Gracefully Trump’s Parting Gift to Biden: A More Stable Middle East. He was successful because only an iconoclastic president could have rejected false assumptions and failed strategies. Wednesday, November 18. 2020Bob interviewed in 1985Cagey, foolish, inarticulate, or what? The interviewer is sort of stupid, but it's interesting to see Bob. He has a killer smile, when he can. I think this at at his house in Malibu.
Here's I'll Remember You Wednesday morning linksLook Up! You Can See Entire Solar System This Week Book: 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project by Peter Wood South Dakota Nurse: Dying COVID-19 Patients ‘Still Don’t Believe The Virus Is Real’ "Schools Should Be the Last Things We Close, Not the First/Why do we keep asking children to bear the brunt of a lockdown?" Coronavirus tracked: Massive surge sees US set multiple world records for new daily cases NYC’s school leaders fail poor children even as they cry about ‘equity’ Bezos Gives $791 million to Climate Activists, Another $9 billion Planned Why Your Organization Should Not Do Diversity Training Enough with the Empathy Taking leave of the socialism of fools - On the echoes of fascism in the critics of Zionism. Barack Obama bashes America (again) Columbia Prof Urges Constitutional Amendment 'To Prevent Another Trump' THIS ELECTION HAS BEEN BAD FOR THE NARRATIVE Don't Buy the Debunked Dominion Voting Machine Conspiracy Theory. Trump's campaign officials and attorneys are peddling this nonsense with help from credulous Fox News hosts, but their theories don't stand up to scrutiny Lin Wood on Mark Levin Show: Trump Won a 70% Plus Landslide Election – He Probably Had 400 Electoral Votes I am a natural skeptic Tuesday, November 17. 2020Plymouth RockHow Fishele Died, and other vignettes
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Tuesday morning linksHow Do Geese Know How to Fly South for the Winter? Oxford dictionaries change 'sexist' definitions of the word 'woman' after online petition Huck Finn, To Kill A Mockingbird, Other Classic Books Banned In California Schools For "Racism" Does Racism Explain Black Disadvantage? California’s Affirmative Action Proposition Failed Thanks To Latinos And Asians "It's going to be a tough winter," Whitmer enacts new restrictions for 3 weeks in Michigan Gov. Newsom Announces 94% Of Californians Under ‘Purple Tier’ Which Means Indoor Businesses Must Close New study: Lockdowns & masks are useless and might even increase COVID-19 spread Fauci: We Should Probably Wear Masks And Social Distance Even After Being Vaccinated A Quiet Totalitarian Revolution Dear Guardian readers, everything you think you know about who supports Trump is wrong. Love, The Guardian. " The people I know who voted for Biden are unusually quiet." CONSPIRACY THEORY, OR STOLEN ELECTION? Trump’s Pennsylvania Longshot - The Supreme Court will not decide this election. Senate Watch: 'More Than 600,000' Voters In Georgia Have Requested Mail-In Ballots For January Runoff Republicans Score Big Gains in House, Pelosi Barely Hanging On Monday, November 16. 2020Thanksgiving plans?None of my 5 sibs want to travel this year, and none of my kids either for complicated reasons (well, dau in law has a kid due around TG). So instead of our usual 30 people (including the jolly nieces and nephews), we are down to three - Mrs BD and me, and father-in-law. So last night out at a nice French dinner with father in law and one of his pals from the old folk's home, I suggested we do our local diner which is advertising their TG dinner. Who would bother with all of the chores and cooking for three or four people? That is too sad. Eat the food, then what? That is not fun. No welcome speeches? No lengthy prayers? No brats causing chaos? No fires blazing in our fireplaces? Nobody hacking on the piano? No silly indoor and outdoor games? And no classic family 1-hr after-dinner walk at dusk and in the rainy dark? The old guy thought the diner idea was a great idea. I said I'd sneak in some excellent Scotch, and I'm sure it would be a festive if well-separated crowd there. In fact, it might be memorable. Next year, God willing, back to normal. I have not seen my sisters or brother since Christmas.
Monday morning links
How to open blister packs with no scissors Have rogue orcas really been attacking boats in the Atlantic? Wokeists against space exploration MIT mandates diversity training; one student calls it 'indoctrination'. Before being allowed to register for spring classes, MIT students are required to take diversity training. MIT is a racist hotbed? Lockdowns Haven't Brought Down COVID Mortality, But They Have Killed Millions Of Jobs Closed schools: Perpetuating Poverty in New York Thousands Of Disheartened Families Yanking Kids Out Of NYC Public Schools Jake Tapper, Anthony Fauci: Christmas Is Probably Not Going To Be Possible With Virus Anthony Fauci: America's "Independent Spirit" Must End, "Now Americans Must Do What You're Told" Germany hails couch potatoes as heroes of coronavirus pandemic. Germany has applauded the country's "heroes" who stay at home, "lazy as raccoons."In the ad, the government encourages citizens to do what is expected: "Absolutely nothing." In This House, We Believe that Black Lives Matter Suburbia Maher: Democrats’ Obsession “Woketopia” Is Why The Blue Wave Didn’t Happen On Election Night Mollie Hemingway shreds WaPo’s ‘absurd and malicious headline’ about Trump supporters marching in DC Democrats Rigged the Voting Machines, They Attempted a Steal – And They Got Caught Prove it, please The Dominion software story keeps getting worse Trump Lawyer Sidney Powell: "We're Getting Ready To Overturn Election Results In Multiple States" Show me NY Times' Michigan Data: Massive Vote Dump at 6AM Wednesday (96% for Biden) Used To Overcome Huge Trump Lead Unusual but possible. Statistical anomalies are statistically normal. Best examples: Cancer Hotspots. LAW FIRM’S WITHDRAWAL REFLECTS CHILLING REALITY Donald Trump, the Loneliest Man on the Planet Yeah, never joined the DC Club - which is why he was elected Biden Asks Republicans To Give Him A Chance Democrats Never Gave Trump Israeli assassins secretly killed al-Qaeda terror leader in Tehran, reports NY Times Sunday, November 15. 2020From today's Lectionary1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. 5:2 For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 5:3 When they say, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape! 5:4 But you, beloved, are not in darkness, for that day to surprise you like a thief; 5:5 for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. 5:6 So then let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober; 5:7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night. 5:8 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, and put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. 5:9 For God has destined us not for wrath but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 5:10 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep we may live with him. 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, as indeed you are doing. Saturday, November 14. 2020Saturday morning linksWhat is "wokefishing"? Study: Temperature Checks, Screening Questions Ineffective In Preventing Virus Spread Covid-19 vaccine may have unpleasant side effects. That will mean it's working. The ‘Shy Trump Voter’ Is A Suburban Woman. According to a post-election survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, the biggest ‘shy Trump’ constituency of 2020 was a white, college-educated woman. MSNBC’s exodus to work for Joe Biden shows it’s been shilling for him all along About the 2020 debates ‘That’s rich’: Joy Reid and Adam Schiff warn of GOP ‘tearing down our democracy’ if they investigate the incoming POTUS’ admin ‘Just Had Heartfelt Phone Call’: Geraldo Rivera Gives Update After Speaking Privately With President Donald Trump Saturday Verse: Emily Dickinsonh/t American Digest After great pain, a formal feeling comes – The Feet, mechanical, go round – This is the Hour of Lead –
Friday, November 13. 2020Friday morning linksGreat Tits Could Go Extinct Because Of Climate Change… Good headline South Park's Pandemic Special Pandemic Hypocrites Produce Pandemic Cynics Chicago Issues 30-Day Stay-At-Home Advisory, Cancels Thanksgiving; NJ Positivity Surges: Live Updates Joe Biden’s coronavirus advisers are worse than the disease The Problem with a ‘Working-Class GOP’ The fast-falling New York Times has gone mad Is that news? They’re Going to Miss Trump When He’s Gone Maybe people want boredom, but hatred is so invigorating VDH: Will Trump Ride Off Into the Sunset? ‘Our City Is Bleeding’: Minneapolis Police Chief Pleads For Outside Help Amid Hemorrhaging Police Force Hello President Biden, Goodbye Lower- and Middle-Class Wage Growth Under A Biden Administration, Expect An Explosion In Illegal Immigration How The Democrats Weaponized A Pandemic To Beat Donald Trump The biggest surprises of the 2020 Democratic House debacle - House Democrats were expected to win seats, but they instead ceded ground and suffered some shocking defeats. GA Dem Senate Candidate In 2008: ‘We Celebrate Reverend Wright … He Is a Preacher And a Prophet’ He is neither. WHY DID TRUMP LOSE PENNSYLVANIA? TRUMP TWEETS: REPORT: DOMINION DELETED 2.7 MILLION TRUMP VOTES NATIONWIDE. DATA ANALYSIS FINDS 221,000 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES SWITCHED FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP TO BIDEN Really? If true, it's a big issue Thursday, November 12. 2020The proper role of governmentThursday morning links
Poor quality bookmaking K-12 Education v. Higher Education In Title IX Compliance: 2020 Regulations Joe Biden Has Vowed To Undo Betsy DeVos's Title IX Reforms. Can He? Biden COVID Advisor Supports Distributing Vaccine Globally Before It's Available To All Americans Portland city commissioner who supports defunding the police called 911 on her Lyft driver Update: Story of Smith College “Critical Race Theory” Whistleblower Jodi Shaw Goes National Andrew Cuomo: ‘If I Wasn’t Governor of New York, I Would’ve Decked’ President Trump JENNIFER RUBIN AND THE NEO-LENINISTS How Bad Was the Fraud in Detroit? This Bad New York Times Columnist Urges Democrats to Commit Voter Fraud in Georgia Biden To Freeze Deportations, Welcome Illegals While Questions Swirl About 2020 Election, Mainstream Media Reports On Biden … Bringing Dogs To White House Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Lawmakers Quit En Masse After Beijing Moves To Stamp Out Last Bastion Of Political Dissent How Joe Biden Will Turn the Clock Back and Fan the Flames of Conflict in the Middle East Wednesday, November 11. 2020The 11th Hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th MonthVeteran's Day: The story of VietnamWednesday morning linksTeens' mental health benefits with less screen time, more sports, art Academic Freedom and Cancel Culture - Only government action can protect speech and expression on campuses. School choice in Los Angeles Censoring Abigail Shrier on transitioning California: What Proposition 22 Now Makes Possible Good things Second Wave: Governors Begin Issuing New Stay-At-Home Pleas As COVID-19 Hospitalizations Peak AVI on Deep Resentments in politics Obama Security Adviser Admits Biden Is Already Talking With Foreign Leaders; A Breach Of The Logan Act What Gen Flynn did Related: Andrew McCabe: Investigators Saw Trump as 'Danger to National Security' NYT’s Friedman: GOP ‘Biggest Threat To Our Democracy Since the Civil War’ Another case of TDS Whoopi Goldberg To Republicans: ‘Suck It Up Like We Sucked It Up’ How soon they pretend to forget The Resistance NY Times’ Nate Cohn: ‘National Polls Were Even Worse Than They Were Four Years Ago’ Ten Attorneys General Join Supreme Court Case Against Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Deadline As expected, the mail-in thing was a disaster Joe Biden's Presidency Is Coming. It Will Be Bad In Predictable Ways. The president has fundamentally changed the way politicians communicate with voters. No mention of advancing world peace? Big Media Revealed As Corrupt, Venal And Biased — So What Else Is New? In my lifetime, it has been forever thus. Why? I don't have a clue because I don't think it's about the $. Tuesday, November 10. 2020Tuesday morning linksKristallnacht: Nov. 9-10, 1938; The Night The Holocaust Began Want to be with others for Thanksgiving? Get ready to quarantine. Um, how can anybody do that for two weeks? Gov. Cuomo: Pfizer Vaccine Distribution Timing Means 'Bad News' Because it makes Trump look better ‘Ardently feminist’ Title IX offices promote hookup culture while presuming male guilt: report To fight racism, Cornell renames its English department American Media Beclowns Itself Again – Mistakes Fireworks In England For A Celebration Of Biden Mollie Hemingway On The Media: ‘They Lie, They Lie, They Lie. And Then They Lie’ Two cheers for gridlock A True Progressive Looks At The Election Results A Pro Bono Lawyer for Trump Campaign Shares What He Saw in Pennsylvania BREAKING: RCP Marks Pennsylvania As “Undecided”
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